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Sting's performances featured an unconventional setup of Sting with a 16-piece string section, multiple percussionists, a brass section and backing vocals, as well as a large selection of traditional English instruments such as the Welsh harp, lutes and Northumbrian pipes. Rehearsals took place over a two-week period in the Chapter House adjacent to the main cathedral.

Howard Page, Clair senior director of engineering, mixed the performances, utilising the Vista 5 SR to overcome the challenges

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Produced by Yamaha and LIPA, the 2009 Make It Break It awards, whose judging panel is headed by Coldplay's Chris Martin, are considered the most prestigious national awards to acknowledge the UK's most outstanding young songwriters. This year's awards added new promotional partners EMI publishing, HMV retail and XFM Radio.

In addition to the priz

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All of these activities, that benefit everyone either directly or indirectly, are under threat. This is because Ofcom, supported by Government, has decided to clear out and sell the radio frequencies that the industry relies on, and move those evicted elsewhere. The precise location of this new much smaller 'home' remains for the most part undetermined. Meanwhile, all proceeds from the sale of the old 'home' will go to the Government.

As a consequence of the enforced 'migration', the vast maj

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Re-elected to second terms were Secretary Fred Mikeska, Vice President of US sales & marketing for A.C. Lighting Inc.; Dealer Vice President Dinna Myers, director of sales and marketing for Musson Theatrical; and Dealer Director Steven Way, president and co-owner of ALPS / Advanced Lighting & Production Services.

ESTA would like to extend its sincere thanks to Duncan MacKenzie and George Studnicky III as they complete their terms of office for their dedicated service to the Association.

The new Board members ta

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"AKG has allowed me to excel as a performer throughout my entire career," said Godkhindi. "Their dedication to quality is reflected in every product they make, which is why I have used AKG in every single one of my live and televised performances."

As one of the first Indian bamboo flute players to consistently turn to AKG for his performing needs, Godkhindi has emerged as AKG's brand ambassador to India. His loyal

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Priced at a fraction of alternative, more complex sound-over-ethernet systems, So.Net has been designed to simplify and speed up audio installations where multiple microphone inputs or line level inputs need to be situated a distance from the amplifier equipment, says the company.

Using only one shielded Cat 5 cable to run up to four channels of mic and/or line over a distance of up to 1km, So.Net removes the need for multiple cable runs from remote audio inputs to the amplifier equipment.

Comprising of two double-gang faceplates - Input and Output, each featuring four XLR connectors - the signals can be independently configured for balanced or unbalanced signals and mic or line level. There is also an option to

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With speakers mounted near each entrance, on either side of the quarter-mile long imported steel trusses running the length of the stadium, the new system provides seamless pre and post-game production coverage to fans. The speakers, installed nearly 85ft from the ground, are secured to the trusses with custom One Systems 212IM-U brackets, designed specifically for these applications.

"We thought we would have to give up sound quality for aesthetics due to the architectural requirements, but the 312CIM's provide both," says Demetrius Palavos, senior sales and design engineer for Pro Media/Ultra Sound (PMUS). "The compactness of these speakers is incredible and wor

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"We chose Sennheiser equipment mainly for the IEM system," explains monitor engineer Jimmy Nicholson. "I have had plenty of experience with Sennheiser in-ears previously and found them to be extremely reliable. The lightweight, compact receiver packs in the G2 system are leagues ahead of the competition. The frequency agility is also vital. We are using B and C range, so we quite often have to tune all over the range to fit around local RF conditions. And aside from the frequency agility, the backlit LCDs on the

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The move follows on from Out Board's substantial successes with their own audio show control application of the Ubisense technology, TiMax Tracker, which tracks actors and performers around stages and arenas to automatically localise their amplified audio signature via real-time control of the TiMax2 SoundHub audio matrix processor.

Out Board has also supplied this highly versatile precision tracking technology to control other third-party audio show controllers such as the Meyer LCS system, and provided support to developments in further disciplines such as control of lighting, cameras, multimedia servers and advanced show control environments such as the CAST BlackBox

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Launched this year as a virtual ceremony - saving on cost of to both pocket and liver - the awards acknowledge the best products, companies and people in all sectors of the business, with each nominee put forward by people in the industry and the finalists picked by a panel of judges from the industry.

Delta's Lee Dennison, who designed and oversaw the project, is delighted that Delta has been recognised in this way and is full of praise for everyone involved, particularly equipment manufacturers EM Acoustics, Yamaha Pro Audio and Lab.Gruppen.

"The on-going support and consultancy that they have provided is phenomenal," says Dennison. "

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The Award, named after the Society's founder, was presented at the Society's 50th Anniversary ceremony held at the House of Commons and recognises innovative ways to deal with the problem of noise pollution. Sharps Redmore was honoured for its forward thinking approach to solving the problem of extraneous sound escaping from the cricket ground and potentially disturbing residents in neighbouring flats.

Three Ateis Messenger L loudspeakers were specified by Sharps Redmore's Clive Bentley to achieve this goal. The management of the Brit Oval has always c

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The E12X-SUB can be deployed in two different ways, firstly in an active mode with a dedicated d&b amplifier configuration with the smaller E-Series loudspeakers. In the second operational mode, the internal passive crossover of the E12X-SUB enables connection in parallel with an E8 loudspeaker driven by an appropriately configured single d&b amplifier channel, giving the same functionality of the larger E15X-SUB with E12 or E12D. The E12X-SUB will completely re

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"Setron India Private Ltd is a very forward-looking company and we have been very impressed with the way that the company has embraced India's rapidly expanding and technically improving broadcast and live entertainment industries," says ASL sales and marketing director Susan McLohon.

"Setron has an excellent reputation for customer support and so, as a forward-looking company ourselves, we believe that it is the ideal partner to help expand our interests in the region. We are sure that it will prove to be a very rewarding relationship for both companies."

(Jim Evans)

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The affordable MSC1 works with any speaker system, and is designed as an add-on to JBL's new LSR2300 Series studio monitors.

"JBL has led the charge to tackle problems in the room that have plagued music recording and post customers," said Peter Chaikin, JBL Professional director of recording and broadcast marketing. "Our LSR6300 and LSR4300 studio monitors with RMC are helping mix engineers create better mixes. The new MSC1 giv

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"With the KSM9s I don't need to treat the sound of their voices coming in to the desk - it's pretty much just flat, natural sound. You don't really have to put any EQ on the desk as they're a very natural sounding microphone. We add some light compression, but nothing major like you'd find on pop vocals."

Whybrow continues, "During the show the mics com

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The system supplied by Rightway Audio consists of eight dV-Dosc line source cabinets with a dV-SUB low frequency extension unit for the central channel, and six ARCS for each left and right array. Two SB28 subwoofers have been flown per side, and the system also includes eight 115XT HiQ active stage monitors and six 12XT coaxial stage monitors. A further eight 12XT wedges are ceiling-mounted as effect speakers.

A total of 40 8XT compact coaxials have also been deployed, 24 of which are mounted on the three auditorium lev

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What makes the bracket particularly useful, say SSE, is that it mounts the sender unit onto the side of K1 cabinets: this means it can be mounted on any cabinet in the array, so in a configuration with K1 SUBS at the top of the array, ProSight can now be mounted on the top K1 cabinet, beneath the subs.

Following their recent purchase of K1, Jands Production Services in Australia has already purchased four ProSight Touring kits and have called it "the most practical inclimometer system available on the market for use with K1".

A complete K1 ProSight package consists of a ProSight Touring kit, a K1 Mounting Kit (pair of K1 brackets) and a K1 Prosight custom briefcase.

(Lee

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A crowd of 900 was gathered in the atrium space of the Great Court of The British Museum in central London, which event services supplier David Wise describes as "one of the most demanding environments we work in." His company Wise Productions is a preferred supplier to The British Museum, and, on this occasion, brought in a combination of Geo S1230 and PS10 cabinets to handle the speech-making.

Installation time was just 35 minutes to set up two Geo S1230 on tripods as main PA, and to arrange 12 PS10s around the stage as side, front and rear-fill. NXAMP 4x1s were used to power the system, NX242s to process it, and a Yamaha LS9-16 to mix it.

"The venue has told us that this was the best speech so

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Jmson has specialised in music and corporate events for over four decades, supplying packages comprising sound reinforcement systems, stage structures and lighting as well as backline. The purchase of the PRO6 consoles was in line with the company's policy of offering state-of-the-art solutions to their customers, as well as a response to the growing demand for digital technology. Adding the DN9696 multitrack recorder to interface with the PRO6s completed the package, allowing for full digital solutions.

"We were already familiar with Midas analogue consoles and were convinced that we could expect the same design, sonic and ergonomic

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"One of my conditions before agreeing to come onboard was that they would redo the sound system," says Matthew "Smitty" Smith, the programming director and venue development consultant for The Starry Plough. "Now when I'm booking national touring acts I can say, 'The money and the hospitality may be the same as the other clubs, but our sound is better.' When I tell bands that we've put in this Meyer Sound system, I get their attention."

A cornerstone of the Bay Area music scene since its debut 35 years ago, the 250-capacity Starry Plough had fallen into a state of disr

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Montreal-based Intellimix Corp is the exclusive distributor in Canada, well-equipped to address all markets with the dBTechnologies range, as their President, Stephen Kosters explains: "With retail and small rental companies, the Opera series fits the bill; whereas we are finding the larger touring, install and contractor markets are well served with the line array."

dBTechnologies' international sales manager Harald von Falkenstein adds: "Working with Intellimix Corp, which has a variety of pro MI and pro audio products in its portfolio, means dBTechnologies can now reach a far wider range of customer groups in this territory."

"I am very proud to be the new distributor in Canada,"

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As well as exhibiting many of the cars that have appeared on the show, the museum was able to turn an existing exhibition dome into the Top Gear Enormadrome, creating much the same atmosphere as is experienced by the show's live audiences in the Top Gear hangar from which the show is transmitted.

Both sound and visuals are important in creating the experience, and it was fortunate that Bose Pro Partner, DJW (D J Willrich), a company with strong local ties to Beaulieu, was able to bring a wealth of experience to the project. David Willrich has been involved in many vis

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Offering significant advantages of the previous Proel Flash equivalent, the Flash12HA is the first Proel speaker system to be fitted with custom designed Celestion neodymium speakers - a 12" woofer and 1" compression driver. Significantly, despite the massive increase in power, the weight of the new Flash12HA is just 19kg as opposed to the previous 250 Watt model, which weighed 20kg.

UK distributors Proel (International) say the new Flash12HA delivers an extended bass response, a powerful, defined high-end and superb definition in the vocal range. It's designed for applications where no-compromise sound quality has to be matched with ease of portability and reliability.

The Flash 12HA's onboard amplification delivers a bi-amped continuous 400

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"We assembled a team of experts to examine what console would work best for our new recording arts programme and the decision was unanimous for the SSL Duality," says Jake Niceley, instructor of music production technology at the school. "We are teaching the craft of sound recording and, in addition to the excellent EQ and dynamics processing on the console, we will use many types of analogue outboard gear.

"Interfacing this gear cannot be easily accomplished through a control surface. Duality also allows us to address our different DAW platforms right from the console and that is very important to us. We will use a wide variety of equipment to educate our students in the art o